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TMA FilmCast #24 – Where the Wild Things Are, Michael Jackson’s This Is It

TMA FilmCast #24 – Where the Wild Things Are, Michael Jackson’s This Is It

Question. Where exactly are the wild things? Well, you could ask Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, Max Records… or you could just listen the podcast and find out! Does the childhood classic turned hipster...

Dec 14, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Features

The Black List 2009: Most Popular Unproduced Scripts

The Black List 2009: Most Popular Unproduced Scripts

The Black List is a famous Hollywood list of the best, or at least most popular, screenplays “compiled every year from the suggestions of 311 film executives, each contributes the names of up to ten...

Dec 12, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Contests

Win Tickets to ‘Larger Than Life…In 3D’ Featuring Dave Matthews, Ben Harper & Relentless7, and Gogol Bordello!

Win Tickets to ‘Larger Than Life…In 3D’ Featuring Dave Matthews, Ben Harper & Relentless7, and Gogol Bordello!

Filmed by inconcert3d utilizing digital technology that can only be viewed in theaters, and distributed by Cinedigm, this one week event will allow fans to experience a stunning 360 view of each live...

Dec 10, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Cutting to the Chase

Jackson: ‘Hobbit’ Casting to Begin This Week

Jackson: ‘Hobbit’ Casting to Begin This Week

Bilbo Baggins will soon have a face. Peter Jackson, director of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, revealed in an interview that casting on the highly anticipated “The Hobbit” would begin this week....

Dec 9, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Trailers

Saint John of Las Vegas Trailer

After a run of bad luck, John (Steve Buscemi), a compulsive gambler, runs away from Las Vegas and toward a normal job and life. Taking a nondescript position in an auto insurance company in...

Dec 3, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Action/Adventure

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

Experiencing a good Nicolas Cage movie is like witnessing a total solar eclipse; it’s rare, and if you’re lucky enough to catch one, it’s spectacular. Combine the eccentric Cage at his bizarre best...

Dec 3, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
FCS

Theaters Expect ‘Avatar’ to Rake in $250 Million Domestically

Theaters Expect ‘Avatar’ to Rake in $250 Million Domestically

“Avatar” is expected to make upwards of $250 million in the U.S. and Canada, and win over new audiences to 3D technology, says Regal Entertainment Group’s chief executive. THR reports that Amy Miles,...

Dec 1, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
News

Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (2009)

Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (2009)

Oprah Winfrey commands the attention and loyalty of millions of adoring disciples. The books she selects for her famous book club enjoy unprecedented boosts in sales. The medical remedies and social...

Nov 27, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Features

Truth in Cinema; Does it Matter?: Peter Greenaway’s Rembrandt Experiment

Truth in Cinema; Does it Matter?: Peter Greenaway’s Rembrandt Experiment

In the last two years, Peter Greenaway has made two films about Rembrandt. More accurately, he’s made two versions of the same film about Rembrandt – a tableau-vivant period piece (“Nightwatching”)...

Nov 21, 2009 / Jesse Cataldo
Trailers

2012 (2009)

2012 (2009)

Count on Roland Emmerich, the Master of Disaster, to base an entire film on the (false) pretense that the ancient Mayan calender predicts Earth’s demise in three years, and then scarcely mention the...

Nov 19, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Features

Nine Trailer

Nine is a vibrant and provocative musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while...

Nov 18, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
News

TMA FilmCast #23 – Paranormal Activity, Zombieland

TMA FilmCast #23 – Paranormal Activity, Zombieland

It’s been a couple of weeks since our last show, but this one is worth the wait (we hope). This week we tackle Oren Peli’s viral, scare-fest phenomenon “Paranormal Activity,” and then on to Ruben...

Nov 18, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
News

Neurotique (2009)

Neurotique (2009)

“Journey with our Fearless Explorer into the carnivorous depths of the Feminine Mind! Here is where fantasy becomes reality -and women come easy. But BEWARE! Keeping them is another story. For within...

Nov 17, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Essays

Scorsese to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award

Scorsese to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award

Martin Scorsese has been selected by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as the recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 17. DeMille, one of the...

Nov 14, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Festivals

2009 Tallgrass Film Fest Stats, Special Screenings

The 2009 Tallgrass Film Festival has been a great success. You can read our full round-up here . The Tallgrass folks have just released the statistics. The Stats: Films Submitted: 189 Features & 263...

Nov 12, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
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